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Tim Tebow Foundation Inc

The tim tebow foundation exists to bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need.

$36M
Granted FY2025still arriving
86
Grants FY2025still arriving
30
States reached
$3.2M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$11MCrime & Legal$8.6MReligion$4.9MInternational$2.4MHealth$685kEducation$208kCivil Rights$150kArts & Culture$147kOther$0
02FY2025 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 86 grants below total $11,080,066, the rows itemized in this filing. The $35,964,691 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,884,625 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k69 grants · $446k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $134k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
  • $250k+8 grants · $10M
$6,500
Median grant
30
States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION LIGHT SHINE$3,154,500
HER SONG JACKSONVILLE$3,000,100
NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORCE$1,372,892
GLOBAL EMANCIPATION NETWORK LTD$890,000
CHILD RESCUE COALITION$850,000
CANARY NGO LTD$530,000
SHOW HOPE$396,000
LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS$252,000
LANTERN FOUNDATION$54,754
KEY MINISTRY FOUNDATION$30,000
THE FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA$20,000
NIGHT TO SHINE JACKSONVILLE INC$15,000
99 BALLOONS INC$15,000
GUIDELIGHT$15,000
RISING ABOVE MINISTRIES$14,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Champions Foundation: $10k → 16%Ability Tree Inc: $10k → 8%CHILD RESCUE COALITION: $850k → 11%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $57k → 14%Bethesda Lutheran Communities: $6k → 8%Guidelight: $35k → 10%Ability Ministry: $20k → 10%Champion's Foundation: $10k → 16%Ability Tree Inc: $5k → 8%CHILD RESCUE COALITION: $475k → 11%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $31k → 14%GUIDELIGHT: $30k → 10%Guidelight: $20k → 12%ABILITY MINISTRY: $13k → 10%La Mission de Cristo AREternal Anchored C: $6k → 9%Champions Foundation: $10k → 16%Child Rescue Coalition: $300k → 11%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $20k → 14%GUIDELIGHT: $15k → 10%Guidelight: $20k → 12%Ability Ministry: $12k → 10%Christian Alliance for Orphans: $15k → 6%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $16k → 14%Elisha Foundation Inc: $10k → 12%Ability Ministry: $10k → 10%Sentinel Foundation: $247k → 8%The Christian Alliance for Orphans: $10k → 6%99 Balloons Inc: $20k → 14%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $15k → 14%Ability Ministry: $5k → 10%Sentinel Foundation: $200k → 8%99 Balloons Inc: $20k → 14%NIGHT TO SHINE JACKSONVILLE INC: $15k → 14%99 Balloons Inc: $20k → 14%Night to Shine Jacksonville Inc: $15k → 14%99 Balloons Inc: $20k → 14%NIGHT TO SHINE JACKSONVILLE INC: $15k → 14%99 BALLOONS INC: $15k → 14%99 BALLOONS INC: $15k → 14%99 Balloons Inc: $10k → 14%Her Song Jacksonville: $41k → 14%Her Song Jacksonville: $190k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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Grants abroad, by region: $24M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$6.9M · 29% · 25 grants

Stated purpose: NIGHT TO SHINE · SAFE HOME / SURVIVOR CARE · ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING

East Asia and the Pacific$6.7M · 28% · 10 grants

Stated purpose: SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES · NIGHT TO SHINE · VICTIM IDENTIFICATION

Central America and the Caribbean$3.5M · 14% · 13 grants

Stated purpose: ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING · ORPHAN CARE & PREVENTION · NIGHT TO SHINE

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.9M · 12% · 17 grants

Stated purpose: SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES · NIGHT TO SHINE · VICTIM IDENTIFICATION

South America$2.0M · 8% · 11 grants

Stated purpose: NIGHT TO SHINE · ORPHAN CARE & PREVENTION · ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.3M · 5% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: VICTIM IDENTIFICATION · ORPHAN CARE & PREVENTION, SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES

South Asia$363k · 2% · 7 grants

Stated purpose: SAFE HOME / SURVIVOR CARE · NIGHT TO SHINE · RELIEF AID

Middle East and North Africa$197k · 1% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: NIGHT TO SHINE · ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING · SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES

Russia and Neighboring States$174k · 1% · 4 grants

Stated purpose: VICTIM IDENTIFICATION · NIGHT TO SHINE · ADOPTION AID, SAFE HOME / SURVIVOR CARE

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34M · 127 repeat orgs$5.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

127 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 102 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

127
430

Total granted

$34M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
0%

Still filing today

25%
5%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HS
    Her Song Jacksonville Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10M · revenue +923% · 71% of their budget
  • OL
    OPERATION LIGHT SHINE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $9.9M · revenue +213% · 74% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +111% · 42% of their budget

Funded once

  • Back 2 Back Ministries Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $210k · revenue +31%
  • RA
    RAVEN ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -57%
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $109k · revenue +7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Redeem International

Redeem's mission is to protect widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation.

International
2
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over seventy countries around the world.

International
3
World Orphans

World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…

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4
World Without Orphans Global

World without orphans (wwo) global's vision is that every child would grow up in a safe and loving family, know their heavenly father, and reach their god-given purpose. wwo global's mission is to call and equip national leaders to…

International
5
What Matters Ministries and Missions

The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.

Religion
6
Go On the Mission

GO equips impoverished children to conquer the cycle of poverty through holistic Christ-centered care, enabling them to become followers of Christ who bring hope and healing to their worlds.

Religion
7
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
8
Visiting Orphans Incorporated

Organization was established in 2005 as a way to fulfill the biblical mandate given in James 1:27 to Visit orphans and widows in their distress. Today, the mission has expanded to include caring for families and communities, orphan…

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9
Nightlight International

Nightlight is an international organization compelled by love to reach out to, rescue, and restore all those who are negatively impacted by sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

Crime & Legal
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With God All Things Are Possible

To reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Youth Development
11
Every Orphans Hope

We exist to glorify God through the church and see orphans raised to life in Christ, in a home, in a family, and in a community where they are known and loved.

Religion
12
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Back 2 Back Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 618 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
32/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Her Song Jacksonville Inc: $10,105,800 · Human ServicesHer Song Jacksonville IncSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $2,292,000 · Human ServicesSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPECHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $1,625,000 · Human ServicesCHILD RESCUE COALITION INC+9 more: $1,131,245 · Human Services+9 moreOPERATION LIGHT SHINE: $9,868,642 · OtherOPERATION LIGHT SHINEBOB TEBOW EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $475,500 · Other+168 more: $2,744,542 · Other+168 moreNATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORC: $3,299,892 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL CHILD…GLOBAL EMANCIPATION NETWORK LTD: $890,000 · Crime & LegalGLOBAL EMANCIP…Canary NGO Ltd: $530,000 · Crime & LegalCanary NGO LtdLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $1,092,500 · InternationalTHE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $568,597 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $324,035 · InternationalmyLIFEspeaks: $102,715 · International+3 more: $78,375 · InternationalLANTERN FOUNDATION: $623,329 · ReligionBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $210,000 · ReligionRISING ABOVE MINISTRIES: $165,200 · ReligionKEY MINISTRY FOUNDATION: $135,000 · ReligionNathaniel's Hope Inc: $50,000 · ReligionOVERCOMER MINISTRIES INC: $45,320 · ReligionWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $160,100 · Recreation & SportsRAVEN ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Civil Rights
Human Services$15,154,045Other$13,088,684Crime & Legal$4,719,892International$2,166,222Religion$1,228,849Recreation & Sports$160,100Civil Rights$150,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHer Song Jacksonville Inc: $10,105,800 over 7y, 71% of budgetOPERATION LIGHT SHINE: $9,868,642 over 5y, 74% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORC: $3,299,892 over 4y, 42% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $2,292,000 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetCHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $1,625,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $1,092,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetLANTERN FOUNDATION: $623,329 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $568,597 over 2y, 12% of budgetCanary NGO Ltd: $530,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetBOB TEBOW EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $475,500 over 2y, 25% of budgetSentinel Foundation: $447,250 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $324,035 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $210,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNIGHT TO SHINE JACKSONVILLE INC: $183,995 over 8y, 38% of budgetRISING ABOVE MINISTRIES: $165,200 over 9y, 8.5% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $160,100 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRAVEN ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKEY MINISTRY FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetGUIDELIGHT INC: $130,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budget99 BALLOONS INC: $120,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetHANDS AND FEET PROJECT INC: $120,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $109,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetmyLIFEspeaks: $102,715 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $92,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUNDATION FOR THE HAND: $60,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetOrphan Outreach: $59,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $50,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNathaniel's Hope Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOVERCOMER MINISTRIES INC: $45,320 over 3y, 46% of budgetALL BELONG: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC: $28,943 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Alliance for Orphans: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLORD S HARVEST FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $18,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEkisa Ministries International Inc: $17,090 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $15,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetABILITY TREE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetPGA TOUR INC: $9,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRY INC: $9,375 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Her Song Jacksonville Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION LIGHT SHINE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORC ↗
  • Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD RESCUE COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL EMANCIPATION NETWORK LTD ↗
  • Who funds LANTERN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Canary NGO Ltd ↗
  • Who funds BOB TEBOW EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Sentinel Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NIGHT TO SHINE JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds RISING ABOVE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RAVEN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KEY MINISTRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDELIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds 99 BALLOONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS AND FEET PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds myLIFEspeaks ↗
  • Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUNDATION FOR THE HAND ↗
  • Who funds Orphan Outreach ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Jerome Lejeune Foundation USA ↗
  • Who funds Nathaniel's Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds OVERCOMER MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL BELONG ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

GiveClear FoundationNC17.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GiveClear Foundation · In His Steps Foundation · Samaritan's Purse · Dallas Seminary Found Vision Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Crowley Cares Foundation · Convoy of Hope · Pure Inc · Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The US Charitable Gift Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tim Tebow Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tim Tebow Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Child Rescue Coalition Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Pga Tour Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Tim Tebow Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tim Tebow Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 618 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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